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1、黄浦区2016学年第二学期期中高三年级英语学科教学质量监测试卷I. Listening ComprehensionII. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Read the following two passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks,
2、 fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct. Should Children Ban Their Parents from Social Media ?It might be taken for granted but no previous generation of children will have had the expenence of having their entire childhoods intensively and pub
3、licly documented in this way . But the very first people to have had some of their childhood picture s _21_(post) online are not always happy about their formative years being preserved in digital world .Parents may not realize it , but by posting photos and videos of their online , they are creatin
4、g an identity for their children _22_might not be welcomed . Lucy is a good example . She said she had asked her dad to de-tag her from “stuff that doesnt necessary represent _23_I am now . Thats not something Id want to remember every time I log on to Facebook - It isnt the best memories , which is
5、 the way you d like to reveal _24_on social media .”Stones about online privacy are often about children and teenagers being warmed of the dangers of publishing too much personal information online. But in this case its their parents who are in the spotlight . For some parents , _25_(safe) option is
6、 avoiding social media altogether .Kasia Kurowaska from Newcastle is expecting her first child in June and has agreed with her partner Lee to impose a blanket ban _26_her children are old enough to make their own decision about social media . But she has two big concerns about her plan . Firstly , i
7、t will be difficult _27_(impose) .”When their auntie comes round and takes a picture , were going to have to be like paparazzi police , saying , please dont put these on Facebook . And secondly , the child might dislike _28_(not own ) an oline presence , especially if all of their friends do . But I
8、 _29_(keep ) a digital record of them . It just wont have been shared on a platform _30_the masses.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. criticize B. desperately C. establ
9、ish D. feature E. focus F. gratitude G. hearfelt H. humanity I . influence J. present K. touch letters Brought Back to LifeLetters as a way of communication have long given way to phone calls and WeChat messages . But a TV shows , Letters Alive , is helping bring this old way to keep in touch back i
10、nto the _31_.Letters Alive took it idea from a UK program with a similar name , Letters Live . Both shows _32_-famous actors and actresses , but there is no gossip , no eye-catching visual effects. Instead , its just one person walking up to a microphone and reading a letter .But these are not just
11、any letters . They vary greatly in time and subjects . There is , for example , a passionate letter that famous painter Huang Youngyu wrote to playwright Cao Yu 30 years ago to _33_ his lack of creativity . There is also a(n) _34_note from Spring and Autumn Period written by two ordinary young soldi
12、ers to their elder brother to report their lives in the war zone.Compared to published texts , letters also come with a personal _35_.One example from Letters live was a note of _36_from the mother of a dying child to JK Rowling , author of the Harry Potter books . It reads : Mrs Rowling ,cancer thr
13、eatened to take everything from my daughter , and your books turned out to be the castle we so _37_needed to hide in .”According to Guan Zhengwen , the director of Letter Alive , it is this kind of _38_behind every letter that strikes a harmony with the audience . Its a thing of the past that entert
14、ainment shows _39_themselves only with pretty face. “ Guan told Sohu News ,” Entertainment industry is starting to switch to a(n) _40_on wisdom and intelligence .”III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and
15、 D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Being Bigger isnt Necessarily Considered BetterThe film , which famously started life in 1939, has now declared a new age , that of smaller start-up . By 2014, when Ms Whitman announced HPs decision to separate its computer and printer business from its corporate hardware and services operations , the company had grown into a clumsy _41_Its fortunes started to _42_with a series of expensive and much criticized purchase. By 2012 it had lost its posit